Is social media a distraction?

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interrupting
Neil and Sophie discuss how social media is interrupting our lives and may be changing our physiology too!
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przerywać, przeszkadzać
wind someone up
wind someone up say or do something deliberately in order to annoy someone
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drażnić się z kimś, zdenerwować kogoś
wind someone up
= irritate, excite, anger, annoy. This woman kept winding me up by talking over me.
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drażnić się z kimś, zdenerwować kogoś
wind someone up
= tease, kid. You're joking. Come on, you're just winding me up.
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wkręcać kogoś
kid
o make jokes about someone, but in a kind way. I always used to kid him about his hair.
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żartowac
snub
to ​insult someone by not giving them any ​attention or ​treating them as if they are not ​important: I ​think she ​felt snubbed because Anthony hadn't ​bothered to ​introduce himself.
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traktować z góry (kogoś), lekceważyć (kogoś)
snub
snub = deliberately ignore someone you know
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traktować z góry (kogoś), lekceważyć (kogoś)
wind someone up
Well, I do get wound up about people constantly checking their devices.
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drażnić się z kimś, zdenerwować kogoś
chat away
They sat down and started chatting away – but not to each other – they were tapping away at their devices.
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ucinać sobie pogawędkę
tip over
Physiologically we're changing, that almost the neck muscles are tipped over to look down.
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wywrócić, wywrócić się
tip
He didn't leave a tip.
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napiwek
tip
That was only the tip of the iceberg. Tom kissed the tip of her nose.
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koniuszek, czubek
tip
Have you got any tips to give us before we go there? She gave me some valuable tips
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wskazówka, rada
tip over
if something tips over, or if someone or something tips it over, it falls onto its side Be careful that the vase doesn’t tip over. He tipped his drink over.
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wywrócić, wywrócić się
emerge
The sun emerged from behind the clouds. The problem was emerging from our long discussions.
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wyłaniać się, pojawiać się, ukazywać się
emerge
And I think – maybe I'm not getting it – but there is actually a different kind of intimacy emerging in which these instruments are very important.
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wyłaniać się, pojawiać się, ukazywać się
emerge
A swimmer emerges from the water.
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wyłaniać się
techie
But it isn't only muscles that might change as a result of our techie habits – it's the way we interact – or engage with each other too.
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technika
tech savvy
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obyty z techniką
insult
This is a deliberate insult against me and my people!
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zniewaga, obelga
o umyślna zniewaga rzucona w twarz mi i moim ludziom!)
insult
to ​insult someone by not giving them any ​attention or ​treating them as if they are not ​important: I ​think she ​felt snubbed because Anthony hadn't ​bothered to ​introduce himself.
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zniewaga, obelga
tip over
Be careful that the vase doesn’t tip over. He tipped his drink over.
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przewrócić
to spill
Do you have a rag? I spilt some water on the floor.
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rozlać
rag
= cloth, wiper
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szmata (do sprzątania)
blend
New words formed by putting together parts of existing words are known as blends or portmanteau words.
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mieszanka / zbitka wyrazowa
to blend sth
To combine or mix (different substances) so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another:
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mieszac
constituent parts
Serving as part of a whole; component. An example of constituent is England being part of the United Kingdom.
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części składowe
indistinguishable
To combine or mix (different substances) so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another:
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nie do odróżnienia
to blend
A woman blends cake ingredients together. An example of to blend is to match the styles and colors of various pieces of furniture when decorating.
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mieszac

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